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Their lips and tongues intertwined, saliva passing between them. Before getting off the carriage, Du Yaoyao took out a small mirror and some lip balm to touch up her lipstick again.
Chen Jie was smiling beside him like the spring breeze in March.
Du Yaoyao glared at him in embarrassment and annoyance.
When entering the Lin Mansion, there is a separate room for male and female guests. The male guests were in the front hall, drinking tea and discussing matters with Mr. Lin and other officials. The female guests were entertained by Lin Shuwan's mother, Mrs. Jiang, in the backyard garden, where they admired the flowers and ate snacks.
Du Yaoyao was led into the garden gate by a servant, and saw a group of noble ladies dancing in graceful clothes from afar across the lake.
She didn't rush over, but took a look at the scenery in the backyard. The layout of pavilions, terraces, bridges, rockery and flowing water is exquisite. What is particularly spectacular is the eye-catching lake and island mountains.
The lake is broad, with a small island in the center, covered with pine and cypress trees, which remain lush and green despite the cold and steep spring weather. A corner of the attic appears among the trees, mysterious and lofty.
"Madam, do you want to go over?" Yin Ye looked at the arch bridge leading to the other side of the lake.
"No, I'll go by myself for a while." Du Yaoyao didn't want to meet the girls so soon.
The head host, Madam Jiang, did not like the original owner. Du Yaoyao was afraid that she would be treated coldly if she went there, so she needed to take it easy.
Madam Jiang once regarded Chen Jie as a perfect son-in-law, but she didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would appear halfway and the perfect marriage was snatched away by the original owner. It would be strange if Madam Jiang was not angry with her.
Walking slowly along the lake, the forsythia flowers on the roadside are blooming with elegant fragrance. On the other side of the tender green branches and goose yellow stamens, Du Yaoyao heard two maids whispering.
"Our young lady has never married, in fact, she is waiting for Master Shen."
"Oh, don't talk nonsense, Master Shen has already married a wife."
Du Yaoyao looked closely and vaguely saw the figures of two maids in green clothes behind the dense branches.
It is a big taboo for a maid to criticize her master in private. Yin Ye was about to shout to stop them, but Du Yaoyao made a gesture to her to keep quiet and pulled her back two steps.
I only heard the tall dark-skinned maid say, "Everyone in the capital knows how Lord Shen married his wife. When the Yongning Marquis's Mansion collapses, who knows how the wind will change." Her voice rose, as if she was smug, "Lord Shen and our young lady have exchanged tokens of love!"
"A token of love?"
"Yes! This jade pendant with one dragon and one phoenix is very precious to the young lady. She usually doesn't allow anyone to touch it..."
"I really hope that lovers will eventually get married..."
After hearing this, Du Yaoyao still had nothing to understand.
This is malicious instigation!
The original owner of the book had seen Chen Jie's phoenix jade pendant before, but she only picked it up and looked at it, and Chen Jie snatched it away with a cold face. The original owner questioned the origin of the jade pendant, but Chen Jie didn't say a word to her.
This sows the seeds of doubt.
On the birthday of Mr. Lin, the original owner "accidentally" heard the maid's convincing words again. Wouldn't she think that the evidence of her cousin's affair was irrefutable? She was so angry that she wanted to kill Shen Jie and Lin Shuwan, the adulterous couple.
The original owner was domineering and hypocritical. He could cheat on his wife, but he would never allow others to hook up with Shen Ji.
If she got the evidence now, she would be furious and want to kill Lin Shuwan, the mistress who appears to be virtuous but secretly seduces someone else's husband.
So she pushed Lin Shuwan into the lake and watched her drown.
It seems to be a way to vent your anger, but in fact it is brainless. If you don't understand the truth of the matter and act rashly, you will hurt others and yourself.
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